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2023 Men's Cross Country Roster

Oscar Hernandez

Oscar Hernandez

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Dearborn Heights, Mich.
  • High School:
    Divine Child

Summary

Biography

Official Collegiate Results & Top Times

Career Highlights:
  • 5x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
  • 4x Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
  • 4x Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
  • CSC Academic All-District (2024)

Career Best:
  • 4 Mile: 18:58.7 at 2022 BSN Titans Invitational
  • 5 Mile: 26:46.8 at 2022 National Catholic
  • 5k: 16:46 at 2022 Michigan Open
  • 8k: 25:35 at 2021 Live In The Lou Classic
  • 10k: 33:31 at 2021 NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships

2023:
  • Took part in five of the six races on the season
  • Clocked his fastest 8k time of the season of 26:43 for 75th at the Horizon League Championships
  • Tallied 186th place in 33:36 at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships

2022:
  • Personal record in the 5k at the Michigan Open
  • Personal record in the 4-Mile at the BSN Titans Invite, finishing first
  • Personal record in the 5-Mile at the National Catholics

2021:
  • Competed and scored in all six races on the year, setting PR's in the 8k and 10k
  • Led the team at the home meet finishing runner-up in 21:52 in the 4-mile Running Fit-Detroit Mercy Titan Invite
  • Tallied a time of 28:02 for 62nd at the National Catholic Championships
  • Recorded an 8k best of 25:25 at Louisville
  • Ran 27:30 for 23rd at the Falcon Invite
  • Was 23rd at the Horizon League Championships in 28:18 and then 158th in  a 10k-best 33:31 at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships

2020:
  • Ran in both races on the season starting with a 21st-place finish in 27:27 at the Wright State Winter XC Challenge
  • Claimed 52nd at the Horizon League Championships in 28:54

2019:
  • Made his college debut at the 33rd Annual Running Fit- Detroit Mercy Titan Invitational running a time of 22:57.9 in the 4 mile
  • Ran a PR in the 8k in a time of 26:48 at the Greater Louisville Classic
  • Recorded another PR at the National Catholic Invitational in the 5 mile with a time of 29:33
  • Ran a PR in a time of 26:23 in the 8k at the Horizon League Championships

Prior to Detroit Mercy:
  • A MHSAA D2 cross country qualifier as a sophomore, junior and senior
  • Placed eighth in the 4x800-meter relay and was a 1,600-meters qualifier as a senior
  • Scored in three events in CHSL AB championships to help the team win its first-ever league titles in 2018 and 2019

Personal:
  • Son of Geraldina and Oscar Hernandez
  • His father was a standout baseball player at Ferris State
  • Has two older sister
  • Enjoys running, dancing and bike riding
  • Earning his MBA

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Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

  • 2020Sophomore

  • 2021Junior

  • 2022Senior

  • 2023Graduate Student

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